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We Define By What We’re Not… How About What We ARE?
We are really good at defining what we’re not as believers. “Well, I’m not Pentecostal because… But then again, I’m not a Baptist because…” and on we go. So much so we really end up saying, “Well, I’ve just arrived at something so remarkably wonderful, no one can just catch up with my wonderfulness.” 😉 When it comes to being…
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Meditations on the Holy Spirit
With Pentecost Sunday upon us, I am dwelling on some great thoughts about the person and work of the Spirit. The divine awakening produces in the soul of the perfect a flame of love which is a participate of that living flame which is the Holy Spirit Himself…this is the operation of the Holy Spirit in the soul that is…
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The True Power of the Spirit
One of my favorite verses in the entire Bible is Romans 8:11 11 If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your human bodies also, through his Spirit that lives in you. We truly live in the power of the Spirit.…
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The Common English Bible and “Flesh”
One of the small translation choices of the NIV was the use of “sinful nature” over the straight use of the Greek word “flesh.” When the TNIV was published, then trashed, and the Committee for Bible Translation decided to back everything up and start over, the one surprise for me out of the whole process was they decided to move…
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The Power of the Spirit – From Confusion to Clarity
The walk through Romans 6-8 is more like a roller coaster ride. There is the power of salvation, being set free from the bondage of sin, in Chapter 6. Then, there is the confusion we have in our own lives when we struggle with what we know TO do while we fall into the temptation of doing the exact opposite.…
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Something or Someone WILL Own You
Slave to sin… or slave to righteousness? Either way, you’re owned. Something vies for control. Something vies for allegiance. Christ has come to set us free. That freedom leads to new “ownership.” The terms of slavery are used, but freedom is found in the new “ownership.” We are headed into the Pentecost Sunday. It is a celebration of the Day…
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Are You Dead Yet?
One of my favorite fun movies is Cool Runnings. It’s a comedy about the Jamaican bobsled team. When the team would crash in practice, the driver would ask, “Sanka, are you dead, mon?” He would answer, “Yeah, mon.” We need to remember this as believers. We need to realize we are dead to the old life. The life of sin…
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Tweet Tweet
This is one of the spur of the moment whims I am going to regret later… But you can follow me on Twitter @cdanielthompson.
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Couch Potatoes of the World… a Moment of Silence
The inventor of the remote control has passed away.
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Thoughts on Revival
“Let our younger men, therefore, make quite sure that they have grasped the genuine mantle of our Elijah’s, and have caught the true vision which inspired us at the beginning—The Vision of the supernatural in Christian experience; the Vision of a Church returning to the New Testament pattern in all things; and, above all, the Vision of Jesus Christ, the…
